12 FLOfe. TELLUR. 



813. Laticoma R. diff. Amaryllis, cor. 6 

 part, unilateralis, stam. declin. remotis filif. 

 stig. 31oba poly sperm a. Scapojl. umbellatis — 

 Type L. compressa Raf. (Am. laticoma E. b. 

 reg. 497.) fol. loricatis, scapo compresso scabro, 

 umb. multifl. S. Africa fine sp. with habit of 

 Brunsvigia, fl. incarnate, sepals with a red 

 nerve. This G. is akin to the Lycoris of Her- 

 bert, the L. or Am. radlata has also unilateral 

 petals (only 5 ! imdul. in the fig. b. mag. 596.) 

 but the stamens are cuneate &/C, is it also a N. 

 G ? Pleurastis Raf. 



814. Heuoion R. diff. Aspkodelus, stam. 

 declin. ineq. filif. incurvis, 3 superis brevior, 

 stylo incurvo declin. — II. fiUformis Raf. ( Asph. 

 tenuior bot. mag. 2626) caule folioso, fol. fihfor- 

 mis, fl. luteis. Akin to A. Z««^ei5, but with quite 

 different stamens. Mt. Caucasus. 



815. Ifuon R. diff. Asphodelus, Cor, tubu- 

 lar 6fid,not 6parted nor spreading. Type /. nu- 

 tans R. Asph. liburnicus Scop. t. 12. Yitm. W. 

 P. &-C. Caule basi folioso, fol. setaceis sub- 

 trig, f]. pendulis laxis flavis — In Istria, singular 

 G. akin to Borhoya 606. Both Ifuon and 

 Heroion were old grecian names of Asphodelus. 



816. EuTEREiA R. (well divided) diff. Dra- 

 €ontium, spatha cucul. spadix tereto undique 

 florifero, cal. campanul. 8-9partitus, stam. 8-9, 

 anth. biloc. biporosis, bacca 31oc. 3sp .Rad, tu- 

 ber, scaposa^fol. divisis. — Type E. nigricans 

 R. Drac. polyphylum L. auct. Scapo breviss. 

 genie, tuberc. fol. laceris, foliolis 3 part, pinna- 

 tif. — South America, with blackish spathas ofl. 

 figured. It is strange that Linneus and all au- 

 thors should have joined this and the next G. to 

 Oracontiura, differing by habit and calix, ber- 



